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f Leners Pate-m No. "90,376, dated May 25,1869.

IliEIERO'VEIML'EllilTv IN FENDER `FOR CULTIVATOR-PLOWS.

The Schedule referre to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

To all 'whom it ma/y concern:

Be it known that I,W1LL1s E. Moonn, ot' Grawfordsville, in the county of Montgomery, and State of Indiana, have invented a new and improved Fender for Gultiva-torPlows; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, making part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of a plow having my fender applied to it.

Figure 2 is atop view of the fender, applied to z1- portion of a plow-beam.

Figure 3 is a side view ofthe fender.

Figure 4 is a cross-section` through the fender and plow-beam, taken in the vertical plane ,indicated by -line :t in iig. 2.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several iigures.

This invention relates to an improved mode of constructing'fenders which are applicable to cultivatm'- plows,land designed for preventing heavy clods of earth from being thrown upon young plants while turning loose earth about their-roots.

The nature of my invention consists- First, in a novel manner of pivoting the teeth, constituting' the fender, to heads, so that while these teeth will always be held parallel to one another, their free ends will be allowed to swing freely in a vertical plane, and thus to rise and descend and accommodate themselves to inequalities of surface passed over, as will be hereinafter explained.

Secondly, in a novel mode of pivoting't-he head of the fender to an arm'extending out laterally from one side ofthe plow-beam, whereby the teeth of the fender lare allowed to swing inwardly from a vertical plane,

but are checked if there is a tendency to press them outwardly beyond this plane, as will be hereinafter explained.

To enable others skilled in thev art to understand my invention, I will describe its construction and 'operation.

In the'accompanying drawings, jrigs. l, 2, and 4, I have represented my improved fender applied to a light turn-plow, which may be .made in any suitable well-known manner which will adapt it for the cultivation of plants.

A is the beam of this plow` B, the mould-board.

O, the beam.

D D, the handles, or stilts.

e is an arm, which is secured on top of the beam A by a-bolt and nut, a', and which extends out laterally a suitable distance, and has pivoted to it, in a line parallel to beam A, the head E ofthe improved fender.

The arm a may have several holes made through it lat suitable distances apart, for receiving bolt-fastening a', and allowing the head E to be adjusted at dilerentV of handles D D, andI it has an eye formed on its outer end, through which a pivot, c', passes, which will allow the tines l) to vibrate toward and from the mould-board. By means of a loop, c, passing across the arm a, as clearly shown in figs. 2, 3, and '4, the tines are prevented from swinging outwardly beyond a plane perpendicular to the said sustaining-ari t The pivot c and stop-loop c may be formed of "one piece, and secured on top of head E by the screws g g, or in any'other suitable manner.

The tine-s b are attaohedby loops, b', formed on their upper ends, to the head E, and also to a bar, F, as shown in figs. 3 and 4.

These tines have rectangular loops, b', formed on them, as above stated, the endsrof which loops are received by holes made through the bar F, and the upper portions are received in holes made through the head E. By thus pivoting the tines to the two bars E F, it will be seen that the free ends of the tiues areallowed to vibrate vertically, and will thus rise and de-4 scend, and accommodate themselves to inequalities of` surface passed over. The bar or head E servesas a means for suspending the tines, while thebar Fkeeps the tines parallel to one another, and at the same time serves to support them against pressure of clods thrown i up against them. v

It will be seen, from the above description; that I have a fender, the tiues ot' which will allow loose earth to pass freely between them, but prevent the passage of clods of earth, or other substance, which niight break down or injure youn'g plants., Also, that the free ends of the tines will swing freely in a direction with the length of the plow-beam A, and also in a plane 'at iight anglesthereto. l

l am aware that it is not a new idea to employ fenders in combination with cultivator-plows, for protecting young plants from injuryfwhile throwing loose earth about' their roots, but l am not 'aware that a flexible fender, constructed to operate substantially as llhave above described, has been known or used prior to my invention. r

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letl. A guard, or clod-fender for cultivators, composed oitines b b,vt`ormed and pivotedto head E and har F, substantially as described. l

2. A jointed fender, attached to arm a, by means of a pivotjoint, and provided with a stop, c, substantially as described.l WILLIS E. MOORE.

With esses:

BEN. T. Rls'rrnn, MATTHIAS FRAN'M. 

